Part 11!
Flashback!
Abhi reaches up to orphanage home door where Nandini locked herself and knocks and asks her to come out, "Pari.. come out! Please Pari, come out!"
Nandini gets shocked hearing Abhi's voice and stood up from her place and looks at door but doesn't open it and cries cupping her mouth and again collapses on floor crying harder. Here Abhi keeps knocking on door and asks her to come out, but today it seems like their destiny have some different plans for them.
Here Manik moves out of orphanage in anger and reaches near their quarters, looks at Nandini's house and then thinks of something. He moves towards her house and stops at her house gates and looks at name plate where Thakkars' was written very beautifully. Manik gets sad and moves back to his quarters and goes into his room and locks himself.
Here Mukti reaches up to Abhi and after reaching there makes him face her and slaps him tight on his face and grabs his collar and shouts, "Have you lost it Abhimanyu Thakkar? What you did? You said everything in front of Manik getting emotional..you emotional fool..you said your biggest secret of your life in front of him!!"
Abhi gets shocked after hearing this and looks at her and tried to say something but she shows him hand and continues, "Chala gaya wo yaha se! Now go behind him and for god sake..for god sake ye mat kehna ki Mukti mujhse galti ho gayi, ye maine kya kar dia...blah blah blah, your stupid ranting. Don't even try Abhi!"
Abhi hits nearby wall in frustration and hides his face in his palm and thinks now what he will do. Mukti too thought of something and looks at Dadi who was consoling kids who got scared by Nandini's reaction. Mukti looks at Abhi who was lost in his own thoughts and moves to Dadi.
Here Nandini gets shocked after hearing Mukti's words and decides to tell Manik everything. Here Manik starts to box and hits punching bag in anger and frustration. He starts to think all the moments he spent with MukBhi, how he met them, how they shared everything with each other, every single moment he spent with them and by thinking them he felt hurt and hits punching bag with more power but then stops after remembering Nandini's smiling face and her crying face which hurts him more. He thought how much she had suffered and again hits punching bag with more power and with last hit collapses on floor getting tired and shouts in frustration.
Here on other side Mukti reaches to Dadi and asks her about another way to get in. Dadi shows her the way and asks her why she is asking for another way and told her not to waste time on Nandini, she will not listen to anybody. Mukti didn't answer her and moves inside the home but finds it empty. She gets worried and thinks, 'Nandini kaha gayi? Abhi to andar thi..fir kaha gayi?' Then she notices that one window is open and their was a way. So she asks Dadi Where that way goes? Juhi answers, "This way goes to Naina Di's opposite quarters! We use this window in case of emergency, those quarters are Dadi's house!" Mukti gets more tensed hearing this and runs to Abhi to tell him about Nandini's decision, after she realized that she is talking about same quarters where they are staying. Mukti already knew that those quarters belongs to Dadi. Dadi looks at window and thinks, 'Ye tu kya kar rahi hai puttar aur kyu kar rahi hai? Kyu kar rahi hai?'
Actually Nandini didn't wanted to let anyone know that she went to meet Manik and to tell him everything because if she told everyone especially Abhi about her decision, she knew that her would have stopped her and told her not to do so. But Nandini was adamant and chose to go without informing anyone and leaves from window. Nandini didn't wanted that because of her promise, MukBhi loses their friendship with Manik and she have other plans too which will be successful if Manik will be there.
Nandini reaches to Manik's quarters and enters into house. He looked around to find Manik but doesn't found him anywhere. She searched everywhere but fails to find him, she thought that he must have got very angry and will never come back, she was about to move but stops after hearing someone's scream, she got to know that it is of Manik and goes there from where voices are coming. She reaches in front of Manik's room and knocks, "Mr. Malhotra? Are you in there?" and opens the door. She found him already staring at her with anger. Nandini for first time in all these years got scared by someone, she gets more scared when she saw him approaching to her in anger. She starts speaking, "Lis-Listen to me.." But she didn't complete herself because Manik reaches to her and grabs her roughly from her shoulder and looks into her eyes and speaks, "Who are you in real?"
Here Mukti comes to Abhi to inform him about Nandini's decision. Abhi gets freeze on his place and they were about to move but thunder strikes and it starts raining. Dadi stops them saying, "Tum log bahar nahi ja sakte.. Bahar toofan aaya hai, aise mein tum logo ka bahar jana khatre se khaali nahi!" Dadi stops them because she too wanted Nandini to tell Manik everything. But Mukti protested, "Dadi don't worry..we are used to all this. We will handle this!"
Dadi too argues, "Nahi beta, main keh rahi hu na..nahi jaa sakte tum log. Ye pahadi ilaka hai aur yaha kab kya ho jaye aise mausam kisi ko nahi pata. Tum yahi ruk jao jab baarish ruk jaye tab chal jana..hum sab bhi tumhare saath chalege fir..!!"
Abhi speaks, "But Dadi, Pari aur Manik waha akele hai. Aur Dadi aap samajhne ki koshish kariye..Manik..Manik ka gussa bohot tezz hai, wo Nandini ko..Dadi..Pari Manik ko akele handle nahi kar paayegi..!! Samjhane ki koshish kariye!!"
Dadi smiles and speaks, "Phir to tu kabhi apni behen ko samjh hi nahi paya Abhi!! Uska naam Nandini Murthy hai..Captain Vishnu Murthy ki beti! Abhi jo ladki teen saal pehle hi nahi dari, apni jaan pe khelkar tujhe aur isse (pointing towards Mukti) yuhi nahi bacha lia tha usne! Ye mat bhul wo EK INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AUR TUM SABKI SENIOR OFFICER NM HAI!" Dadi too did the same mistake what Abhi did, but the only difference was she said all this in front of Mukti who knew about Nandini everything already. Dadi looked at Mukti and asked her, "Am I saying right or not Mukti Vardhan?"
Abhi looked at Mukti who was already looking downwards, he got confused because he didn't told her anything about Nandini then how come she got to know about her. He asked her hesitant, "Jaan? Dadi jo keh rahi hai kya wo sach hai? Tum Pari ke baare mein sab kuch pehle se hi.." He wasn't able to complete his sentence when he saw her not responding to him and looking downwards. Abhi gets hurt and sit with a thud on a chair hiding his face in his palms. Mukti goes near him and kneels down in front of him and speaks, "I am sorry Abhi! Please forgive me..but ab lagta hai main aur sach tumse nahi chupa sakti hu!" Abhi looks at her with lots of question in his eyes and with sadness in his eyes, she gets hurt seeing him like this just because of her, she curses herself and situation to make her do so much with him. Abhi asks her, "Ab kya bacha hai Mukti..batao?"
Here Mandini and Manik were in same position, Manik holding her tightly from her shoulders and staring at her with utmost anger plus confusion. Nandini gulped saliva and tries to say something but seems like her voice got lost in her throat. Manik gets frustrated with her silence and shouts on her face, "I asked who are you in real?" and tightens his hold. Nandini gets scared and her arms starts to pain especially her left arm and she screams in pain, "You are hurting me! Leave me..please!"
Nandini starts to cry in pain but he doesn't leave her and tightens his hold more, she winces in pain, "Please leave me..its hurting a lot. Please, I beg you..please leave me!" Manik denies and rather leaving her, he pushes her to nearby wall still having hold on her. Nandini cries and pleads to him to leave her but Manik in anger asks her, "First answer me..who are you in real?"
Nandini starts to cry hard because of unbearable pain in her left injured arm. Manik saw that her left arm starts to get blue because of his hold. He immediately left her after realizing what he was doing with her is wrong. Nandini holds her left arm immediately and starts to massage her arm to ease the pain and shouts on him, "You are such a Monster Mr Manik Malhotra!" and cries because she was not able to bear the pain. He feels bad for her and curses himself and gets angry on himself. He punches nearby fall with full force in anger and gets hurt, his hand starts to bleed, she saw this and holds his hand and caress his hand from where blood starts to ooze forgetting her own pain and worries and shouts on him, "Are you nuts? Who does this..getting angry on themselves and hurting themselves? You know what Mr Malhotra you are not just monster but a Stupid, Silly and Idiot Monster! Huh!"
Manik looked at her with utmost shock and surprise, he saw that few minutes back she was in pain and now she is shouting on him for getting careless, forgetting her own pain and her arm which is still blue. He feels ashamed of himself for behaving with her so rudely and looks at floor and doesn't speak anything. Nandini observe this and speaks, "Now what the hell you are staring down..hmm?" He looks at her like a kid to whom his teacher scolds for coming late in class. She give him a look and speaks, "What are you looking at? Hello.. I am talking to you. Where you got lost? Tell me where is first aid box?"
He doesn't answer her and just points towards his room. She looks towards his hand direction and then at him and speaks, "First aid is in your room?"
He nods cutely like a kid, she sighs and drags him along with her in room. She makes him sit on bed and starts to search first aid in drawers and after 10 minutes found it in one drawer and comes to him and sits beside him on bed. All this while Manik didn't move his eyes from her and observed her each movement..from finding first aid in drawers to coming and sitting beside him.
Nandini keeps the first aid box on her lap and starts to dress his hand by applying antiseptic cream on his wound but before that cleaned his wound from Dettol. Manik kept staring at her with guilt in his eyes.
Jise zindagi dhoondh rahi hai
Kya ye woh makaam mera hai
Yahaan chain se bas ruk jaaun
Kyun dil ye mujhe kehta hai
Jazbaat naye se mile hain
Jaane kya asar ye huaa hai
Ik aas mili phir mujhko
Jo qubool kisi ne kiya hai
Nandini finished cleaning his wound. After that she applies ointment on his wound but before that speaks not looking at him with concern filled voice, "Mr Malhotra, I have cleaned your wound and now I am applying ointment on this..thoda jalega ha isko lagane ke baad!" and applies ointment on his wound.
Haan..
Kisi shaayar ki ghazal
Jo de rooh ko sukoon ke pal
Koi mujhko yun mila hai
Jaise banjaare ko ghar
Naye mausam ki sehar
Yaa sard mein dopahar
Koi mujhko yun mila hai
Jaise banjare ko ghar
Hmm...
Manik winces in pain when she applies ointment, she immediately looks at him with a frown and blows on his wound and speaks, "Sorry..sorry.. I am really sorry! I told you thoda jalega isko lagane ke baad. I am sorry!" Manik after listening her words and her care feels more guilty and looks at her and her arm which was still blue. Nandini then starts to dress his wound after applying ointment, he again starts to look at her.
Jaise koi kinaara
Deta ho sahaara
Mujhe wo mila kisi mod par
Koi raat ka taara
Karta ho ujaala
Waise hi roshan kare woh shehar
Nandini very perfectly and seriously was doing her job of dressing his wound. Manik saw her intensely and her left arm. After few minutes she felt his intense gaze on her, so she lifts her head up and observes him looking at her left arm. She smiles and speaks still dressing his wound, "Don't worry Mr Malhotra! It's not paining now that much!"
Manik trance gets broken and he looks at her with amused face and starts to think how she gets to know everything what he was thinking. Nandini smiles feeling his gaze on her and continues her job.
Dard mere woh bhula hi gayaa
Kuch aisa asar huaa
Jeena mujhe phir se woh sikha raha
Hmm.. Jaise baarish kar de tar
Yaa marham dard par
Koi mujhko yun mila hai
Jaise banjare ko ghar
Naye mausam ki sehar
Yaa sard mein dopahar
Koi mujhko yun mila hai
Jaise banjaare ko ghar
Nandini completes her job of dressing and says cheerfully, "It's done!" and looks at him with big smile on her face. Manik immediately diverts his gaze from her, she giggles on his reaction and stood up from her place and goes to keep first aid back on its place. He again looks at her with a smile on his face this time.
Muskaata yeh chehra
Deta hai jo pehraa
Jaane chhupata kya dil ka samandar
Auron ko toh hardam saaya deta hai
Woh dhoop mein hai khada khud magar
Chot lagi hai usey,
Phir kyun mehsoos mujhe ho raha hai
Dil tu bata de kya hai iraada tera
Main parinda besabar
Tha uda jo darbadar
Koi mujhko yun mila hai
Jaise banjarey ko ghar
Naye mausam ki sehar
Yaa sard mein dopahar
Koi mujhko yun mila hai
Jaise banjarey ko ghar
After keeping the box back, Nandini comes to him and gives him pain killer to have it, "Take this, it will ease your pain!" She places medicine on his palm and moves to get water but she saw jug empty, so she speaks, "Oh! Ye to khaali hai, you wait here main paani lekar aayi! Don't move from here!"
And she walks out of room taking jug with her. Manik stood up from his place and comes out of his room and saw her going far. He smiles and goes back in his room and sits on bed and thinks about her smile, her care for him and then about her left arm and again gets angry on himself but then looks t his dressed hands and again smiles and starts waiting eagerly for her to come back with coffee.
Koi mujhko yun mila hai
Jaise banjare ko ghar
Jaise banjare ko ghar..
Jaise banjare ko ghar...
Jaise banjare ko ghar...
Here Mukti gets hurt from Abhi words but she didn't complain because she knew that she was at fault this time. She tried to say something but before she can speak, he asked her, "Tum Pari ke baare mein sab kaise janti ho pehle se? Jaha tak mujhe yaad hai maine kabhi uske baare mein tumse baat nahi kari..toh fir kaise tumhe pata chala uske baare mein?" Mukti sighs on his question and says, "I know about her from last 3 years, I know everything about her, about you, about her promises which she took from you, about this place, about everything!"
Abhi gets shocked and looks at Dadi who was sitting there expressionless. He looks at Mukti and asks her just one thing, "How?" Mukti sighs and stood up and goes towards window and speaks, "From your diary..Remember?" Abhi frowns in confusion for a minute but then realizes that he used to write a diary till last year before he met TK again in Austria and from then he stopped writing it, but he gets confused and asks her, "But from where you got my diary? It was my secret diary and I used to keep it safe, then from where you got it?"
Mukti sighs and turns back and speaks, "Abhi..wo main.." she stops for a minute then looks at him and again begins to speak, "Actually Abhi... One day I.." and she tells him how one day she entered into his room for some work and when she didn't found him, she was about to leave but then how her eyes fall on his diary which was placed below his pillow. She tells him how she read every page of his diary and how she read that one line which forced her to not to demand an answer from him and that line was, "I don't know when I will tell Mukti about all this, but one thing is sure I will tell her on that day when I and Nandini will destroy that TK and punish him for his every sin he committed. I promise diary I will tell her everything on that day and trust me after knowing everything if she will punish me, beat me or if she wanted to leave me..I will not stop her for once. After all I lied to her and I should be punished and I bet that 100% she will leave me for forever.. But still I will ask her to stop because I LOVE HER MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD AFTER MY FAMILY AND I PROMISE I WILL PROTECT HER EVERY TIME FROM EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHAT. I WILL ASK HER TO PUNISH TK FOR KILLING HER PARENTS TOO. I just wish that day come soon, so that I can tell her everything and know her decision.."
Mukti starts to cry and looks at Abhi, who was looking down in guilt. She speaks, "I am sorry Abhi.. I am really sorry!"
Abhi at once looks at her surprised, runs to her and hugs her, "Shhh..no Jaan why are you saying all this? Why are you saying sorry?" he broke the hug and wipes her tears, "Sorry toh mujhe bolna chahiye because I lied to you every time, I had hidden everything from you. Please Jaan..don't apologize to me, I should be the one who should apologize to you. So Ms Mukti Vardhan, please forgive me. I am sorry for hiding truth from you! For making you cry, for hurting you so much! Please forgive me!" Mukti cries and tried to say something but Abhi speaks again, "Please Mukti.. don't say anything, just tell me tumne mujhe maaf kia ya nahi?"
Dadi after seeing Abhi reacting like this, just wanted to do one thing and that was either to bang his head hard on wall or her head. She sighs and speaks in low voice, "Ye kabhi nahi sudhrega aur na kabhi serious hoga!! Rabba.. main kya karu iss ladke ka?"
Mukti too gets angry on his reaction and starts to hit on his chest with fist and shouts, "Sudhar jao tum.. Aur ab tum bhaad mein jao main tumhe maaf nahi karugi, jao aur jakar jo karna hai karo. I don't care! You can never get serious in your life. I Hate You.. I Hate You.. I Hate You!!"
Abhi smiles and holds her hand on his chest and lovingly takes her into bear hug and speaks, "Acha ok ok.. I am sorry for troubling you!" She again hits him still in hug but then hugs him tightly and speaks, "I Love You!"
Abhi smiles and tightens the hug, "I LOVE YOU TOO!" but still had some doubts that how Dadi knew all this from before. He makes a note to ask Dadi later about the same.
Dadi just smiles and blesses them to be together like this always, but gets tensed seeing storm and starts to think about Nandini and gets worried. She was just about to go and call but stops when she heard Nandini phone ringing, which was placed on table in same room. She panics that Nandini left her phone there only and runs to attend the call but stops when she saw Juhi already reached there and picked up the phone but doesn't attend the call as call ended. Dadi goes to Juhi and asks her whose call it was. Juhi shrugs her shoulder saying that she don't know, some unknown number was there. Dadi thought of something but when Juhi asks her What is bothering her? Is she tensed for nandini? Dadi just smiles and says No she is fine and she must go and look after others. Juhi obliges and exits the scene, Dadi looks at phone worriedly and thinks, 'Hayo Rabba.. Nandu to apna phone itthe hi bhu gayi, ab main ki kara?' and starts to find way to reach her and looks outside window and gets more panic seeing the stormy night.
Here Nandini reaches in kitchen to fill water, she fills the jug and was about to leave but then stop thinking something and starts to do something in kitchen.
Actually she starts to make coffee for both of them, because she felt that if Manik will take medicine without having anything then medicine can react to him. Here in room, Manik after waiting for more than 15 minutes thought what took Nandini so long to come back. He decides to check on her and left the room and goes towards kitchen.
Here in kitchen Nandini starts to find and collect necessary ingredients to make coffee. After collecting them, she starts to prepare coffee. At same time, Manik reaches to kitchen but stops on gate when he saw her humming some good music and preparing coffee. He stood there and starts to admire her, but then thinks of something and clears his throat which broke her trance. She looks at him with a cute angry pout and speaks, "What are you doing here? I told you not to move!"
"I can too ask same question from you. What are you doing here? I was waiting for you in room..." He too plays with her but stops in mid after he realized what he was about to say. She looks at him with frown but he makes poker face and continues, "I mean you said you are coming back with water. Then what you started doing? Hmm?"
She looks here and there but then speak, "Wo main..ha wo main coffee banane lag gayi thi!"
Manik saw towards gas and asks, "Why?"
Nandini while pouring coffee into two mugs, "I thought you will like it and moreover before having pain killer you should have something. So, I made coffee for both of us!"
Manik smiles seeing her care but gets sad again when he saw that she is having problem with her left arm while pouring coffee. He noticed that every time she moves her left arm, she feels pain and seeing this he feels more guilty and goes from there. Here Nandini continues her blabber, "Here it goes.. Hot coffee with some sweets cookies!" and turns towards kitchen door but doesn't found him there. She frowns in confusion where he went suddenly, but then thinks might have gone back after listening to her rants. She sighs and too moves out from kitchen and starts to call him for coffee. She searched him in whole house but didn't found him anywhere but stops searching when she hears guitar strings being strummed, she follows the music and found him at veranda with his guitar. She came from behind and keeps tray on table and speaks from behind, "You love music! Do you?" Manik stops strumming guitar and looks at her with smile. She too smiles back.
Here Dadi starts to panic after getting so many calls on Nandini phone from unknown number. Although she knew who is calling her but she is not able to attend the call. She silents the phone in fear what if MukBhi gets to know about the person's call. She just prays to god to stop the rain, so that she reach to Nandini as soon as possible.
Here Nandini passes coffee mug to him, he takes it happily and starts to have it. After taking first sip, he just closed his eyes and relish the taste of coffee. Nandini waits for him to say something for coffee but when he didn't say anything, she asks him hesitatingly, "Umm Mr Malhotra..?? What happened? Coffee achi nahi bani kya?"
Manik trance gets broken and he asks her if she asked something. She nods in yes and speaks, "Yes I asked you.. did you liked the coffee?"
Manik just hmm on this and then speaks, "It's good! You really make coffee very nice!!"
Nandini smiles and have her coffee, Manik too enjoys the coffee. Nandini after few minutes looks at him and for very first time notice his face very clearly and smiles like a fool, but then remembered that he didn't answered her yet. So, she clears her throat to gain his attention. He looks at her and asks her through eyes What happened? Nandini speaks, "You didn't answered my question?" He frowns at her in confusion, she continues, "I asked you..Do you love music? Remember?"
Manik sighs and sits facing her and answers her, "Yes! I love music. Music gives me peace!" and smiles. She too smiles after getting her reply and then silence.
Manik speaks this time, "What gives you peace? Is it music?" She looks at him and nods in no. Manik again asks, "Then? What is it?"
Nandini speaks this time breaking her silence and looking at her house, "I am already at peace!" and looks at him. Manik frowns but she just simply shrugs her shoulder, he too smiled knowing that she is tough nut to crack, knowing that she will not tell anything that easily, so he thought to start himself to initiate a talk, "Can I ask you something?"
Nandini looks at him and nods. He smiles and asks her, "Why you came here?" She looks at him surprised but then speaks, "To request you to not to get angry on Abhimanyu and Mukti!"
"But why so?" He questioned her again. She answers him, "Because they are not at fault. Abhi just did what I told him to do!"
"Why you asked him to do that?" He again questioned her, she again without any complaint answered him, "Because I didn't wanted him to get in any trouble because of our past!"
"Your past? What happened in past that you took that decision to make Abhi hide about your identity?" This time he asked her directly out of curiosity. She looked at him blankly this time on his question and sighs, "Something that I wish that it doesn't get repeated ever with anyone else!" and then again looks at rain.
Manik sighs and asks her, "Will you share your past with me?"
"Will you forgive Abhi & Mukti after this?" Nandini counters back him. He sighs, "Hmm.. Honestly speaking, I am not angry on them.. I was just hurt! It's not like this that they didn't told me about them, but I don't know what happened to me today?"
"Sorry!" Nandini exclaimed coherently. He frowns on this, she continues, "I am sorry for everything! I know because of me and my promise Abhi hide everything from you, but it was necessary at that time. He was behind me and Abhi!"
"Who was behind you?" He asked her. She answers with anger in her voice, "That person who destroyed my, Mukti, Dadi and Abhi's life! Pt. Trilok Chaurasiya, a.k.a TK! Famous classical singer for rest of the world, but behind their back a murderer, killer or say gangster!" Manik mentally pats himself in getting successful to make her speak finally.
"What? TK aur Gangster? I cant believe this!!" Manik spoke like this that he heard something very unique. She give him a look and finally speaks, "Don't react like this as if you didn't knew about his identity.. ACP MANIK MALHOTRA!!"
Manik chokes and starts to cough, she hits her head slowly and speaks, "Shit!" and starts to rub his back. He asks her, "Wha-what did you sai-said?" She still rubbing his back, "Don't say anything..first calm down. Wait let me bring water for you!" She was about to go but he holds her hand and pulls her towards him. Due to sudden pull she falls on him and they share an eye lock. Due to air Nandini hair starts to wave and hides her face, Manik slightly placed her hair behind her ears to see her face. After placing her hair, he cups her face still locking his eyes with her. Nandini too got lost in his deep brown eyes but their trance gets broke due to sudden thunderstorm. She quickly stood up and adjusts her dress and starts to look here and there and leaves to bring water, he too sat back and bites his lower lip and smiles but get suspicious that how she know that he is ACP!
(A/N : Okay guys.. I want to tell one thing. I don't know anything about different post in army and police, not about intelligence officer and others. So please pardon me for any mistake. It is all my imagination and nothing else. I am sorry in advance for any mistake!)
Nandini goes into kitchen cursing herself, "Stupid..idiot..silly..donkey..monkey..fool!! Aiyappa what I did? I called him ACP? Aiyyo now what I will do? He will not leave me now!! Nandini Murthy beta get ready for his questions!!" She sighs and took out bottle from freeze and moves out.
Here Manik impatiently waits for Nandini to come back so that he can ask her how she knows about him being ACP! Nandini with fear comes back taking baby steps with this thought that he will forget everything but poor girl didn't knew that Manik is not that easy.
Here Dadi gets more tense when that unknown number person starts calling at orphanage landline, when they were unable to reach Nandini.
Here Nandini reaches towards Manik and passes him bottle, he took bottle from her and drinks water and keeps it back on table. Nandini slowly, "Feeling better?"
Manik just hmm and looks at her with doubt. She smiles awkwardly, he asks her, "How do you know about me? How do you know that I am ACP?" Nandini with his question closes her eyes and curses herself under breath.
"Say something?" HE demanded answer from her. She opens her eyes and speaks hesitant not knowing what to say, "Wo.. Wo main.." but then thinks of some excuse and thinks of Abhi and speaks, "Ha.. wo main.. ha Abhi.. abhi ne bataya meko!"
Manik didn't get satisfied with her reply but then let it go because right now that was not important for him to know that how she knows about him. He just hmm on this, Nandini sighs and thinks, 'Thank god.. he didn't asked any other question. Thank you Aiyappa!!'
"May be Abhi! Oh.. I forgot Abhi is your brother and he must have told you!" but then stops and again continues, "That means you knew about Abhi and Mukti too? She nods cutely, he continues, "That means you knew that I am handling TK's case with them?" She again nods in yes.
He sighs in disbelief and speaks, "To pehle kyu nahi bataya?" Nandini answers in low voice, "I thought you will doubt on me!"
He sighs, "So what do you think, what I am doing now?" Nandini bites her lower lip and speaks, "You are doubting me!!"
He stares at her and she wanted to run away from there. He murmurs, "Wow! This girl is crazy..all crazy and insane are in my life only!"
"You said something?" She questions him when she saw him saying something, he replies, "Ha..na nothing!" She just hmm and stares at her house. He thinks of some plan which can make Nandini confess everything and after 10 minutes, he notices her from corner of his eyes and smiles evilly, "Nandini?" and calls her hiding his smile. She looks at him, Manik, "Do you like rains?"
Nandini saw rain and nods in no, Manik sighs in disbelief and looks upwards and thinks, 'Kya ladki hai yaar yeh, isse to baarish tak nahi pasand! God now what should I do?' He was thinking all this when he saw her in rain standing closing her eyes, opening her hands wide and smiling. Manik smiles watching her, she turns around at same place and plays with rain water, all the time Manik just admires her. She looks at him and says, "You asked me wrong question ACP!! I don't like rains, I love rains very much!"
Manik chuckles and starts moving towards her and stops just behind her and admires her again. She looks back at him and smiles and says, "Ask me whatever you want to ask, I will answer to all your questions! Hmm!"
Manik gets super happy and asks her, "I want to know about your and Abhi past! Only if you are comfortable!"
Nandini smile fades away but she composes herself and starts telling him everything. She tells him everything except that she is too an intelligence officer like him and his senior, and after knowing everything from her Manik gets shocked and feels bad for them but he saw that she was looking at some place continuously which was looking like burnt building.
"What is that place?" He asks her which breaks her trance.
"Huh!" She gets conscious and speaks, "That place! That is my house, which is no more.." She didn't complete her sentence but speaks, "Teen saal pehle bomb blast mein khatam ho gaya! Uske baad I never went there after that, that place used to haunt me!"
Manik felt like crying after hearing this and places his hand on her shoulder and says sorry to her, "I am sorry!"
Nandini removes his hand and turns back and wipes his tears, "Why are you saying sorry ACP? I don't feel bad, in fact I am happy that you asked me everything and cleared everything. Thank You!"
Manik gets surprised by her behavior and speaks, "Now what you want from me?"
"Forgive Abhi and Mukti..That's it! I don't want anything else!" She speaks coherently. He smiles and nods in yes, "I already have forgiven them!" She grins after this and thanks him.
"I don't want your thank you! I want something else from you!" He tells her when she thanked him. She gets confused after listening to him and in confusion asks him, "What? You don't need my thank you, then what you want from me?"
"I want you!" Manik spoke at once, she get froze on her place after listening to his words and whispers, "What? What did you said? You want me!"
Manik mentally curse himself for not clearing himself. He starts explaining her, "Wuhoo.. No I mean I want your help, not you! I mean I want to you too.. no I mean.." He stopped when he saw her giggling seeing his face and not able to control herself anymore starts laughing on his face, "Oh my god! Hahahaha.. Oh my god, ACP your face? Hahahaha.."
She moves near him and looks at his angry face and again laughs out loudly, "Your face is very funny! Hahahaha.." but she stops laughing when she saw him picking up some mud in his hand and aiming at her, she gets attentive and starts speaking, "No.. Don't.. Don't you dare ACP! No!" but then she starts running to save herself when Manik shouts, "What happened Ms Murthy? Ab nahi hasna tumhe.. Ha.. Kya hua? Come back!" He too starts to chase her with mud in his hands, she starts to save her still laughing.
They run and share a very good and jovial moment between them and in end comes in front of each other and looks at each other and laughs together and lays down on grass and shouts loudly out of happiness.
Here Dadi finally attends the call, "Hello?"
From other side, a girl's voice came worriedly, "NM? Where is NM? I want her! Please.. its urgent!"
Dadi worriedly, "She is not here, she is out somewhere, she left her phone here! What do you want from her?"
From other side, "I want to tell her something very important! Please Dadi, for once let me talk to her. It's urgent please!"
Dadi sighs, "Ohkay! Wait for next half an hour I will let her talk to you! Now stop calling again and again.. Abhi is here!"
From other side, "Wha-What? Abhi Bhai is in Manali? Oh God! Dadi, they are not safe Dadi! Send them away from here!"
Dadi tensed, "I know that! Nandu ne wada kia hai wo iss baar kuch bura nahi hone degi!"
From other side, person tensely sighs, "I hope too Dadi! I wish she gets what she wants!"
Dadi just hmm, From other side person continues, "Dadi! I will call later on... tell her to be safe and to take care of herself and you too!"
Dadi sighs, "Hmm.. tu bhi apna dhyaan rakhi! Zyada kaam na karna meri bachi!"
From other side that person smiles on phone and ends the call. After ending the call that person speaks, "I will Dadi.. I will take care of myself! Don't forget I am Alya Thakkar! Niece of Vishnu Murthy and Sister of Officer Abhimanyu Thakkar And NM and Secret Informer of Officer NM!" She looks at her family pic hanging on wall and caress everyone faces and speaks, "You have to pay for this TK.. you have to pay for everything! For everything you did with my family, with me. She will destroy you TK.. She will finish you!"
With this Alya starts crying but instantly wipes her tears when someone placed hand on her shoulder. She after composing herself starts speaking, "I was about to call you Dhruv!"
Dhruv from behind smiles, turns her and speaks after wiping her freshly shed tears, "Hiding from me?"
Alya keeps her head low and nods in no. He lifts her head from chin and speaks, "TK ka pata chal gaya hai! He crossed Manali - Rohtang pass! Inform your sister, we don't have much time left!"
Alya sighs and looks at him and smiles, "I know that already! I informed Dadi, she will inform her as soon as possible!"
Dhruv sighs and leaves her, but before leaving speaks turning back, "Today is her birthday Alya! Don't forget! Wish her from my side too!"
Alya looks at him and smiles, "Sure Dhruv Vedant!"
They shares a smile and Dhruv leaves from there. Alya too resumes back her work after glancing last look at her family photograph and murmuring Happy birthday' seeing Nandini picture.
(A/N : Alya was away from town that day. She was on school trip to Shimla with her friends when everything happened behind her back. When she came back, Nandini and Dadi consoled her and she decided that she will help Nandini in her mission, Nandini personally trained her for this mission. In all this her close friend Dhruv decides to help them, firstly Nandini and Alya went against his decision but later he convinced them. Nandini trained him too and now from last three years, they both work as secret informer of her. She asked Veer [Chief] to give them protection and told him about her every plans.)
Here Dadi sighs and opens a drawer and removes Alya and Dhruv photo from it. She caress there smiling faces, tears welled up in her eyes and she speaks with a lump, "Miss you Bache! Come back soon! I wish main Abhi ko tere baare mein bata pati! I wish!"
She looks at MukBhi and smiles and waits for rain to stop, so that she can reach Nandini and inform her about Alya call.
Here after more one hour rains stop. Till then MaNan changed themselves in fresh clothes. Manik asked her to change herself into Mukti clothes and luckily Mukti clothes fitted her. She after freshening up comes out from room wearing a white crop top with blue torn jeans and saw Manik near fire place with a file in his hand, he too changed himself into tracks and vest. She went to him and was about to ask him about the file but at same time Dadi came with MukBhi and orphanage kids.
Abhi was the first one to reach up to her and hugs her tightly and whispers near her ears, "All ok?"
Nandini smiles and shows thumbs up to Mukti and whispers in his ears, "What do you think Mr Gyani?"
Abhi smiles after getting her hint. Whenever she calls him Mr Gyani he understands that situation is under control. He breaks the hug and looks at her, she winks at him, and then at Manik with apology face. Manik blinks his eyes and smiles and come forwards to Abhi and asks Mukti to come forward, she comes forward and stands besides Abhi, they both look at him in fear. Manik looks at them with stern face, but then seeing them in fear, he looks at Nandini and then starts laughing loudly, Nandini too giggles seeing there condition. Manik laughingly hugs MukBhi and speaks being amused, "You are lucky guys to have Nandini in your life. I am sorry guys, I never understood your dilemma.. I am sorry, main kabhi dekh hi nahi paya tum logo ki aakho mein dard, takleef jo tum logo itne saalo tak.." he continues all this while breaking the hug and saw Mukti in tears and wipes her tears and cups her face and continues, "Ab bas aur nahi.. I will protect you, I will protect you all!!"
Tears welled up in everyone eyes, especially in Nandini eyes but she composed herself and looked at tensed Dadi. She goes near her and places hands on her shoulder, Dadi looks at her. Nandini asks her through eyes what happened, Dadi looks at her with tear in her eyes and hand over her phone to her and speaks, "Alya ka phone aaya tha, wo tumse zaroori baat karna chahti hai!"
Nandini while checking her phone asks her, "Kya baat hai Dadi?" She saw many calls from unknown number which were of Alya. Dadi doesn't answer her and looks at others smiling and laughing on some silly joke of Abhi and on cute antics of Karthik. Till now Manik and Karthik made great bond.
"What happened Dadi?" Nandini asks her again breaking her trance. Dadi speaks, "Alya wants to talk to you, usne mujhe kuch nahi bataya, bas yahi kaha ki Dadi I want to talk to NM urgently!"
Nandini gets worried and calls Alya immediately but her phone was out of reach, she gets worried but then calms her down and asks Dadi to calm down too. She looks at others and prays to her Aiyappa, "Aiyappa! Please, please keep all of them safe..please..please..please! Please Aiyappa!" She looks at playing Karthik and goes to him and picks him up and asks him, "Cake cut kare boyfriend?"
Karthik mods cutely and hugs her and hides his face behind her hairs. Nandini closes her eyes and then asks Juhi to bring the cake. She brings the cake and then they all cut the cake and enjoys the delicious cake made by Dadi.
Nandini gives first bite to Dadi, then MukBhi, then to all kids and then she reaches to Manik. She forwards cake to him, he haves it by holding her hands and looking into her eyes, but she doesn't make eye contact with him because of Alya tension. She knew if she will make eye contact with him then he will find her inner dilemma. But it was too late Manik found something weird in her behavior, he even asks her through eyes but she denies and excuse herself. He found it weird and decides to found out that what happened with her suddenly.
Location : Near Manali - Rohtang Pass!
A black Mercedes car haults in front of welcome board of Manali. A man in his late 40's comes out of car holding a stick in his hand and removes his phone from pocket and makes a call. Call gets connected, Man speaks, "I have reached Manali!" and after saying this ends the call. He comes near board and then looks at city with evil smirk on his face, he walks little more and now his face was seen. He was none other than TK. He walks with the help of stick because Manik broke his left leg when they met before. He speaks evilly, "I am back! I am back to finish you! Welcome me Manali!!" and laughs evilly.
Dhruv sees him from far hiding behind bushes and clicks his photos and does something on his phone and after 10 minutes leaves from there.
Location : Manik's House, Manali!
Here Nandini was sitting with Abhi and were reviving there old days and asks there whereabouts, at that time she receives a message from unknown number, "Be ready! He is here!"
Nandini after reading the message gets tensed but doesn't show this on her face and replies to message, "Okay! Leave from there and be safe. I will contact to you soon!"
Nandini after sending message looks at door and thinks, Welcome back! Let the game begin!' and smirks evilly.
Screen freezes on TK and Nandini's smirking faces on either side and Manik's doubtful faces in mid.
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Finally the update is here.
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